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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Police are searching for an intruder who told a homeowner he was "trying to feed his kids" after he was confronted, according to WXIN.

A mother and her two daughters were inside their home when someone knocked on the front door. After the family refused to answer the door, the intruder apparently assumed no one was home and pushed in a window air condition unit and crawled inside the home.

“He had his hands in his pockets and he said, ‘I’m just trying to feed my kids. I don’t want to hurt you.’ And I said I’m a mother of two and I don’t want you to hurt us either," the woman told WXIN.

When the woman reached for a weapon -- a BB gun -- the confrontation turned violent.